2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship

Stirling Sports Premiership

Season	2016–17
Matches played	31
Goals scored	88 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jake Butler Aaron Clapham Saul Halpin (5 goals)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 27 November 2016.

The 2016–17 New Zealand Football Championship season (currently known as the Stirling Sports Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the thirteenth season of the NZFC since its establishment in 2004. Ten teams will compete this season with the addition of Eastern Suburbs AFC and Tasman United, and with WaiBOP United replaced by Hamilton Wanderers.^[1]

The competition began on 16 October and end on 2 April 2017.

Clubs

Team	Location	Stadium^[2]	Capacity	Manager^[2]	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Auckland City	Sandringham, Auckland	Kiwitea Street	3,250	Ramon Tribulietx	Kappa	Hi-Chew (front) Trillian Trust Inc (Back) Carters (Back)
Canterbury United	Christchurch	ASB Football Park	9,000	Willy Gerdsen	Nike	Robbie's Bar and Bistro
Eastern Suburbs	Panmure, Auckland	Bill McKinlay Park	5,000	Malcolm McPherson^[3]	Lilywhites	Winger Motors
Hamilton Wanderers	Hamilton	Porritt Stadium Waikato Stadium	5,000 25,800	Mark Cossey	Nike	The Soccer Shop
Hawke's Bay United	Napier	Bluewater Stadium	5,000	Brett Angell^[4]	Adidas	Kinetic Electrical
Southern United	Dunedin	Forsyth Barr Stadium Peter Johnstone Park	30,500 ?	Paul O'Reilly^[5]	Lotto Sport Italia	Freshwater Solutions
Tasman United	Nelson	Trafalgar Park	18,000	Richard Anderson^[6]	Joma	Nelson Pine LVL (Front) Sprig & Fern (Back)
Team Wellington	Wellington	David Farrington Park	1,500	Jose Figueira	Nike	Stonewood Homes
Waitakere United	Whenuapai, Auckland	The Trusts Arena Fred Taylor Park	4,900 2,500	Chris Milicich	Lotto Sport Italia	Jerry Clayton BMW (Front) Heritage Hotels (Back)
Wellington Phoenix	Wellington	Newtown Park	5,000	Andy Hedge^[7]	Adidas	Huawei

Regular season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	7	4	1	2	10	2	+8	13	Qualification to the Champions League and Finals series
2	Eastern Suburbs	6	4	1	1	8	5	+3	13	Qualification to the Finals series
3	Team Wellington	6	3	1	2	12	10	+2	10
4	Waitakere United	7	3	1	3	9	9	0	10
5	Wellington Phoenix Reserves	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10
6	Canterbury United	6	2	3	1	11	7	+4	9
7	Hamilton Wanderers	6	3	0	3	11	11	0	9
8	Hawke's Bay United	6	2	1	3	9	9	0	7
9	Tasman United	6	1	2	3	8	15	−7	5
10	Southern United	6	0	1	5	3	12	−9	1

Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2016. Source: NZ Football

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6
Auckland City !Auckland City	1	1	1	1	2	1
Eastern Suburbs !Eastern Suburbs	3	2	4	2	1	2
Team Wellington !Team Wellington	10	10	8	6	4	3
Waitakere United !Waitakere United	5	3	2	4	6	4
Wellington Phoenix !Wellington Phoenix	8	6	6	8	6	5
Canterbury United !Canterbury United	6	4	5	3	3	6
Hamilton Wanderers !Hamilton Wanderers	4	7	3	7	8	7
Hawke's Bay United !Hawke's Bay United	2	5	7	5	5	8
Tasman United !Tasman United	6	8	9	9	9	9
Southern United !Southern United	9	9	10	10	10	10

Last updated: 27 November 2016
Source: NZ Football

Fixtures and results

Round 8 (rescheduled)

16 October 2016 (2016-10-16)	Auckland City	0–1	Waitakere United	Auckland
15:00		Report	Nash 4'	Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Matthew Conger

Round 1

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22)	Wellington Phoenix	1–2	Eastern Suburbs	Wellington
14:00	Ebbinge 53'	Report	Burfoot 56' Payne 58'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Cory Mills

22 October 2016 (2016-10-22)	Hamilton Wanderers	1–0	Southern United	Hamilton
14:00	Davis 9'	Report		Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)	Canterbury United	2–2	Tasman United	Christchurch
14:00	de Jong 41' Clapham 66' (pen.)	Report	Ridsdale 43' Ifill 81' (pen.)	Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: Matthew Conger

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)	Auckland City	4–0	Team Wellington	Auckland
16:35	Tade 32' Moreira 45', 76' (pen.) De Vries 58'	Report		Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Nick Waldron

24 October 2016 (2016-10-24)	Hawke's Bay United	3–1	Waitakere United	Napier
16:30	Barbero 2', 28' Matsumoto 22'	Report	Collett 90+5'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

Round 2

29 October 2016 (2016-10-29)	Auckland City	4–0	Tasman United	Auckland
14:00	Tade 6' De Vries 23' White 59' Moreira 72'	Report		Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Peter Linney

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)	Team Wellington	1–2	Wellington Phoenix	Wellington
14:00	Harris 19'	Report	M. Mata 76', 90+2'	Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Matthew Conger

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)	Eastern Suburbs	1–0	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
14:00	Tieku 15'	Report		Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park Referee: Nick Waldron

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)	Hamilton Wanderers	0–2	Waitakere United	Hamilton
14:00		Report	Morgan 63' Butler 90'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Hayden McCabe

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)	Southern United	1–3	Canterbury United	Dunedin
16:35	Molloy 90+4'	Report	Clapham 3' (pen.), 30', 90+6'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

Round 3

5 November 2016 (2016-11-05)	Wellington Phoenix	1–1	Tasman United	Wellington
16:15	M. Mata 66'	Report	Ridsdale 33'	Stadium: Westpac Stadium Referee: Ben O'Connell

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)	Hawke's Bay United	2–4	Team Wellington	Napier
13:00	Halpin 70', 83'	Report	Harris 16' Jackson 79' (pen.) Zambrano 88' Howieson 89'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Hayden McCabe

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)	Waitakere United	2–2	Southern United	Auckland
13:00	Butler 18' Hilliar 87'	Report	Ledwith 30' (pen.) Parkinson 71' (o.g.)	Stadium: Fred Taylor Park Referee: Peter Linney

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)	Hamilton Wanderers	4–0	Eastern Suburbs	Hamilton
14:00	Darkwa 14' Gunemba 45' Nkoy 53' Salter 54'	Report		Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: John Rowbury

6 November 2016 (2016-11-06)	Auckland City	0–0	Canterbury United	Auckland
15:00		Report		Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Matthew Conger

Round 4

13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)	Eastern Suburbs	1–0	Waitakere United	Auckland
14:00	Pasagic 46'	Report		Stadium: William Green Domain Referee: Avnit Maharaj

13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)	Tasman United	1–3	Hawke's Bay United	Nelson
14:00	Hoyt 20'	Report	Halpin 12', 45' Barbero 82'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Cory Mills

13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)	Southern United	0–1	Auckland City	Invercargill
14:00		Report	Tavano 82'	Stadium: Rugby Park Stadium Referee: Hayden McCabe

13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)	Canterbury United	4–1	Wellington Phoenix	Christchurch
14:00	Schwarz 43' Clapham 64' (pen.) Hoyle 72', 84'	Report	Cahill-Fleury 28'	Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: Peter Linney

13 November 2016 (2016-11-13)	Team Wellington	5–2	Hamilton Wanderers	Wellington
16:35	Jackson 35' (pen.), 56' Stevens 31', 65' Gulley 69'	Report	Webster 15' (pen.) Jones 17'	Stadium: Newtown Park Referee: John Rowbury

Round 5

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)	Hawke's Bay United	1–1	Canterbury United	Napier
13:00	Halpin 76'	Report	Hoyle 90+3'	Stadium: Bluewater Stadium Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)	Hamilton Wanderers	2–3	Tasman United	Hamilton
13:00	Darkwa 12' Evans 90'	Report	Marowa 16' Hajdari 86' Ridsdale 90+2'	Stadium: Porritt Stadium Referee: Peter Linney

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)	Wellington Phoenix	1–0	Auckland City	Wellington
14:00	Rogerson 86'	Report		Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: John Rowbury

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)	Waitakere United	0–2	Team Wellington	Auckland
14:00		Report	Harris 63' Zambrano 90+3'	Stadium: The Trusts Arena Referee: Kader Zitouni

20 November 2016 (2016-11-20)	Eastern Suburbs	4–0	Southern United	Auckland
16:35	Pasagic 15', 34' Adams 52' Kurimata 71'	Report		Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park Referee: Antony Riley

Round 6

25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)	Southern United	0–1	Wellington Phoenix	Dunedin
17:00		Report	M. Mata 25'	Stadium: Forsyth Barr Stadium Referee: Antony Riley

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26)	Team Wellington	0–0	Eastern Suburbs	Wellington
14:00		Report		Stadium: David Farrington Park Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley

26 November 2016 (2016-11-26)	Auckland City	1–0	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
16:35	Lea'alafa 2'	Report		Stadium: Kiwitea Street Referee: Peter Linney

27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)	Tasman United	1–3	Waitakere United	Nelson
14:00	Ridsdale 65'	Report	Butler 1', 11', 53'	Stadium: Trafalgar Park Referee: Hayden McCabe

27 November 2016 (2016-11-27)	Canterbury United	1–2	Hamilton Wanderers	Christchurch
14:00	Hoyle 34'	Report	Gunemba 19' Webster 55'	Stadium: ASB Football Park Referee: Cory Mills

Round 7

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)	Hawke's Bay United	v	Wellington Phoenix	Napier
13:00				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)	Team Wellington	v	Southern United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: David Farrington Park

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)	Waitakere United	v	Canterbury United	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: Fred Taylor Park

4 December 2016 (2016-12-04)	Eastern Suburbs	v	Tasman United	Auckland
16:35				Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park

Round 8

10 December 2016 (2016-12-10)	Wellington Phoenix	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Hamilton
16:15				Stadium: FMG Stadium

11 December 2016 (2016-12-11)	Southern United	v	Hawke's Bay United	Mosgiel
12:00				Stadium: Peter Johnstone Park

11 December 2016 (2016-12-11)	Tasman United	v	Team Wellington	Nelson
14:00				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

11 December 2016 (2016-12-11)	Canterbury United	v	Eastern Suburbs	Christchurch
14:00				Stadium: ASB Football Park

Round 9

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17)	Waitakere United	v	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: The Trusts Arena

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	Southern United	v	Tasman United	Mosgiel
13:00				Stadium: Peter Johnstone Park

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	Team Wellington	v	Canterbury United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: David Farrington Park

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	Eastern Suburbs	v	Auckland City	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park

18 December 2016 (2016-12-18)	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Hawke's Bay United	Hamilton
16:35				Stadium: FMG Stadium

Round 10

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08)	Southern United	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Mosgiel
14:00				Stadium: Peter Johnstone Park

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08)	Team Wellington	v	Auckland City	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: David Farrington Park

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08)	Eastern Suburbs	v	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08)	Waitakere United	v	Hawke's Bay United	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: The Trusts Arena

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08)	Tasman United	v	Canterbury United	Nelson
16:35				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

Round 11

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14)	Wellington Phoenix	v	Team Wellington	Wellington
16:15				Stadium: Westpac Stadium

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)	Hawke's Bay United	v	Eastern Suburbs	Napier
14:00				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)	Tasman United	v	Auckland City	Nelson
14:00				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)	Canterbury United	v	Southern United	Christchurch
14:00				Stadium: ASB Football Park

15 January 2017 (2017-01-15)	Waitakere United	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: The Trusts Arena

Round 12

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21)	Southern United	v	Waitakere United	TBD
13:00				Stadium: TBD

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)	Tasman United	v	Wellington Phoenix	Nelson
14:00				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)	Team Wellington	v	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: David Farrington Park

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)	Eastern Suburbs	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park

22 January 2017 (2017-01-22)	Canterbury United	v	Auckland City	Christchurch
16:35				Stadium: ASB Football Park

Round 13

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)	Hawke's Bay United	v	Tasman United	Palmerston North
13:00				Stadium: Memorial Park

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)	Wellington Phoenix	v	Canterbury United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: Newtown Park

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)	Auckland City	v	Southern United	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Team Wellington	Hamilton
14:00				Stadium: FMG Stadium

29 January 2017 (2017-01-29)	Waitakere United	v	Eastern Suburbs	Auckland
16:35				Stadium: The Trusts Arena

Round 7 (rescheduled)

1 February 2017 (2017-02-01)	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Auckland City	Hamilton
18:00				Stadium: FMG Stadium

Round 14

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	Eastern Suburbs	v	Team Wellington	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: Bill McKinlay Park

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	Waitakere United	v	Tasman United	Auckland
14:00				Stadium: The Trusts Arena

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Canterbury United	Hamilton
14:00				Stadium: FMG Stadium

5 February 2017 (2017-02-05)	Hawke's Bay United	v	Auckland City	Napier
16:35				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

6 February 2017 (2017-02-06)	Wellington Phoenix	v	Southern United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: Newtown Park

Round 15

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	Tasman United	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Nelson
14:00				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	Southern United	v	Eastern Suburbs	TBD
14:00				Stadium: TBD

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	Team Wellington	v	Waitakere United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: David Farrington Park

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	Canterbury United	v	Hawke's Bay United	Christchurch
14:00				Stadium: ASB Football Park

12 February 2017 (2017-02-12)	Auckland City	v	Wellington Phoenix	Auckland
16:35				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

Round 16

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Tasman United	v	Eastern Suburbs	Nelson
14:00				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Southern United	v	Team Wellington	Invercargill
14:00				Stadium: Rugby Park Stadium

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Wellington Phoenix	v	Hawke's Bay United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: Newtown Park

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Canterbury United	v	Waitakere United	Christchurch
14:00				Stadium: ASB Football Park

19 February 2017 (2017-02-19)	Auckland City	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Auckland
16:35				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

Round 17

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)	Hawke's Bay United	v	Southern United	Napier
14:00				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)	Eastern Suburbs	v	Canterbury United	TBD
14:00				Stadium: TBD

26 February 2017 (2017-02-26)	Waitakere United	v	Auckland City	Auckland
16:35				Stadium: The Trusts Arena

Round 18 (rescheduled)

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04)	Wellington Phoenix	v	Waitakere United	Auckland
16:15				Stadium: QBE Stadium

5 March 2017 (2017-03-05)	Auckland City	v	Eastern Suburbs	Auckland
15:00				Stadium: Kiwitea Street

Round 17 (rescheduled)

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)	Team Wellington	v	Tasman United	Wellington
14:00				Stadium: David Farrington Park

12 March 2017 (2017-03-12)	Hamilton Wanderers	v	Wellington Phoenix	Tauranga
16:35				Stadium: Links Avenue

Round 18

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19)	Tasman United	v	Southern United	Nelson
14:00				Stadium: Trafalgar Park

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19)	Hawke's Bay United	v	Hamilton Wanderers	Napier
14:00				Stadium: Bluewater Stadium

19 March 2017 (2017-03-19)	Canterbury United	v	Team Wellington	Christchurch
16:35				Stadium: ASB Football Park

Finals series

Semi-finals

1st place v 4th place

25 March 2017
16:35

1st place	v	4th place

2nd place v 3rd place

26 March 2017
16:35

2nd place	v	3rd place

Final

2 April 2017
16:35

	v

QBE Stadium

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 27 November 2016^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jake Butler	Waitakere United	5
	Aaron Clapham	Canterbury United
	Saul Halpin	Hawke's Bay United
4	Stephen Hoyle	Canterbury United	4
	Max Mata	Wellington Phoenix Reserves
	Alex Ridsdale	Tasman United
7	Facundo Barbero	Hawke's Bay United	3
	Ben Harris	Team Wellington
	Tom Jackson	Team Wellington
	João Moreira	Auckland City
	Armin Pasagic	Eastern Suburbs

References

↑ "New trio to join ASB Premiership". New Zealand Football. 16 December 2015.
1 2 Smith, Tony. "Team by team appraisal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "McPherson named Suburbs coach". NZ Football. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ "Brett Angell appointed Head Coach of Hawke's Bay". Hawke's Bay United Football. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
↑ "O'Reilly takes charge of Southern". NZ Football. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ "Richard Anderson revealed as Tasman United coach for national football league". Stuff NZ. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
↑ "Hedge appointed coach of the reserve side". Wellington Phoenix FC. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
↑ "Players - Premiership - New Zealand". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

External links

ASB Premiership website

Stirling Sports Premiership

Seasons	2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Current clubs	Auckland City Canterbury United Eastern Suburbs Hamilton Wanderers Hawke's Bay United Southern United Tasman United Team Wellington Waitakere United Wellington Phoenix Reserves

Former clubs	WaiBOP United Wanderers SC YoungHeart Manawatu

Related	ASB National Youth League White Ribbon Cup ASB Phoenix Challenge OFC Champions League

2016 in Oceanian Football (OFC)

« 2015 2017 »

Domestic leagues	American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati New Caledonia New Zealand '15–'16 '16–'17 Niue Papua New Guinea '15–'16 '16–'17 Samoa Solomon Islands '15–'16 '16–'17 Tahiti '15–'16 '16–'17 Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu '15–'16 '16–'17 Super League

Domestic cups	New Zealand

OFC club competitions	OFC Champions League Final

OFC invitational competitions	OFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2016 OFC Nations Cup / 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying 2nd round 2016 OFC U-20 Championship 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship 2016 OFC Futsal Championship

2017 in Oceanian Football (OFC)

« 2016 2018 »

Domestic leagues	American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati New Caledonia New Zealand '16–'17 '17–'18 Niue Papua New Guinea '16–'17 '17–'18 Samoa Solomon Islands '16–'17 '17–'18 Tahiti '16–'17 '17–'18 Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu '16–'17 '17–'18 Super League

Domestic cups	New Zealand

OFC club competitions	OFC Champions League Final

OFC invitational competitions	OFC President's Cup

National team competitions	2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying 3rd round 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying inter-confederation play-offs 2017 OFC U-17 Championship

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